It's been a long trek this year. Norm will be retiring at the end of the year from the military, and in the next few days they will be coming to pack our household goods. We made the decision to move back "Home" to TN.
The economy is playing a big part in this move, as VA seems like a huge roadblock in the job market, not to mention things seem a bit better in the area of TN we will be moving to.
At the beginning of September we went ahead and took the children down there to be with family and be able to have a full school year instead of moving a couple of months into the school year. I miss them so....I talk to them at least twice a day, waking them in the AM and just before bedtime to wish them sweet dreams and send them lots of love.
It is so strange to do this after almost 15 years of NO CHANGE (unless you count moving into this home two years ago).....of being in the same place for so long. One accumulates MUCH STUFF. We are however looking forward to being out of this house, which has turned out to be somewhat of a lemon, and sucked many $$$ from our pocket in the process.
Hopefully life will be much simplier as civilians than the hectic every day rigors of "military" life. Onward and upward I always say....it has to get better....so I will play "catch up" again when I get a chance...until then...STAY TUNED!
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Monday, August 18, 2008
Anita Renfroe's Mom's Anthem - WTG!!!!
Before you start the video, scroll to the bottom and click the pause button on the music bar, so that they won't both play at the same time....ENJOY!
Welcome Home!
Well Mark just got back from Kuwait a week ago, and we were pleased to have a chance to spend some time with him last week. The visit was short as he had to go back down where he is stationed to take on orientation. Mark is starting seminary college. We had a wonderful visit and really enjoyed him spending time with us while he was here. I hope that he will enjoy the layouts above that I made for him while he was here. We look forward to our next visit, hopefully around Christmas.
Monday, July 28, 2008
A visit with Grandpa...
We just had a wonderful week with Grandpa Randy. He came up for a visit last week from Tampa, Florida. This is a picture I took of the kids at the park with him. He comes to visit every summer and the kids always look forward to him spending time with our family. Time always seems to fly when we have company, and this is another example. He flew back home Saturday morning. Grandpa we love you and look forward to your next visit.
Photography by: Pal Around Scraps 'N Photography (Chesapeake, VA), Web address: www.PalAroundScrapsNPhotography.blogspot.com
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Today, The Allied Forces Transition Command (NATO) here in Norfolk had their 4th of July Celebration. I was fortunate enough to go, since my husband works there. Guest Speaker was Congressman Tim Cane. Below you will find a few of the pictures I took there. It was a beautiful ceremony with focus on raising the United States Flag.
Drum and Fife Corp - from Williamsburg, VA
My children waiting for the ceremony to start. Samuel with Uncle Sam.
Honor Guard and Military band.
Staff and NATO command employees
Congressman Tim Macain & Lieutenant General James N. Mattis
Presenting the flag for the flag raising ceremony.
Raising Ole' Glory...Watch her wave...
VFA-32 Jets, for their fly by...
NATO, the building where my husband works.
The children enjoyed a catered cookout, face painting, and play.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Kings Dominion and Befuddled - 6/25/08
We met several characters in the park, below you will find Chuckie from Rugrats.
Blues Clues...
Even Jamie and I got to visit with Scooby-Doo.
My babies, first rollercoaster ride - "The Rebel Yell".
When you have had a long day, and everyone is exhausted something funny is bound to happen, at least that's the case in our family. We get home from "KD" and everyone is beyond exhausted. FOR ONCE, I actually went to sleep without tossing and turning for hours, contemplating the day, tomorrow, and life in general. I finally went to sleep somewhere around eleven....only to be awaken at one in the morning by someone tapping on my bedroom door. I think to myself, incoherently, great....Breezy is having a nightmare from the rides today. So I open the door to see what looks like a refreshed Bre standing there and telling me, "Mom, I need you to come help me play this game..I need your help." I am sitting there thinking, with all the thought I could muster at that point...."WHAT?"....she keeps repeating herself and all I can get to come out of my lips is ..."WHAT?"...finally after about the fifth time she gives up and says nevermind and goes back to lay down. Luckily the dog had slept all day while we were gone to KD, as he followed her into the living room where she crashed on the couch to keep an eye on her. She managed to let the dog out, leave the backdoor standing wide open....dog outside.....and passed back out on the couch, and didn't remember a THING when she got up. Norm had to get up to go to work and thought she had woke up early and let him out already, but after much discussion and I remember telling her to let him out....figured out he stayed out there all night and the backdoor was open since one in the morning.
She and Jordan have always been my sleepwalkers...but it's usually a long period in between when it happens..and I thank heavens we have dogs that will bark when you go to the door as frequent as a door alarm.
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